Feuding and Warfare: Selected Works of Keith F. Otterbein (War and Society)
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'This is the life's work compilation of a highly respected and focused scholar who has contributed enormously to the anthropological and sociological understanding of warfare over three decades. It is a rigorous and systematic exploration of an important line of reasoning in the study of warfare.'.
-Bruce M. Knauft of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Book Description
Keith F. Otterbein's scholarship has followed an overall design since 1962, when he began conducting comparative studies of warfare using both ethnographic and cross-cultural methods. Through a conceptual framework derived from systems theory, he has made signal contributions to our understanding of the role of warfare in human social evolution. He has formulated a Fraternal Interest Group Theory, utilizing it to explain not only feuding and warfare, but also rape and capital punishment. Believing that armed combat is learned behaviour, he has posed questions about its learning process that have yet to be answered. He has acted as a major synthesizer of the growing literature on warfare and has led attempts among anthropologists to apply their knowledge of war and peace to current events.
Feuding and Warfare: Selected Works of Keith F. Otterbein (War and Society),K. Otterbein,Routledge,2881246206,Cross-cultural studies,Cultural And Social Anthropology,History: World,Peace,Politics / Current Events,Vendetta,Violence,Violence (Sociological Aspects),War,Anthropology,Peace studies,Social Science / Anthropology / General,Warfare & Defence
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